Looking Up by R. Peter Broughton (Past President, RASC) is a masterpiece of research covering the entire nationwide organization, since its founding in 1868. General readers will be surprised to find out what amateurs can learn from the sky. Leaders of volunteer organizations and educators looking for ways to promote greater appreciation of science will find many useful ideas in the book. Historians will also find interesting facts about the origins and contributions the RASC centres have made in their local communities.

“If you count yourself a Canadian astronomer, this book is part of your heritage; you will be pleased to have it on your bookshelf”—Don Fernie, Cassiopeia, Canadian Astronomical Society

Availability: Although Looking Up is out of print, many of the Centres of the Society should have it in their libraries. Alternatively, the RASC offers it in digital format from the Looking Up page (which also has links to updates and corrigenda.)

Table of Contents

CHAPTER

Preface and Acronyms

How I Wonder What You Are
The Society, its Name, Objectives, By-laws, Characteristics and Governance

The Centre of the Universe
The origins of the Society in Toronto, and the headquarters of the RASC